PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Theodore Parrish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Moldovan Alexandru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moldovan Alexandru has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Parrish
vs
Alexandru

205 cm
18
177 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

178 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Theodore Parrish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Moldovan Alexandru!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alexandru shoots in looking for a takedown. Parrish tries to sprawl out of it but Alexandru keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Parrish manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Alexandru pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Alexandru fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Parrish is looking to counter punch.
Alexandru shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Parrish pinned against the cage. Parrish gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Theodore Parrish has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Moldovan Alexandru.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Alexandru has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Parrish breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alexandru fails with a takedown attempt.
Alexandru shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Alexandru gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Alexandru goes for a takedown in the clinch but Parrish prevents it.
Alexandru wants a takedown.
Parrish tries for a takedown. No joy.

Parrish's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alexandru misses with a takedown attempt - Parrish sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Parrish is looking to counter with head kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Parrish.
Alexandru throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Parrish's waist but Parrish gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Alexandru off to one side.
Parrish fails to land the takedown.
Alexandru closes this distance looking for a takedown but Parrish circles away.

Parrish shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Alexandru napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Alexandru looks winded!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Parrish stands up.
Parrish fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parrish keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Alexandru tries to keep at a distance but Parrish has taken the fight into the clinch.
Alexandru is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Parrish to keep the fight standing.
Alexandru drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Parrish gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Parrish drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Alexandru gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Parrish's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alexandru keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Parrish dives in and scores a takedown into Alexandru's guard.
Parrish postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Alexandru has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Parrish is looking to stand up but Alexandru won't let him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Theodore Parrish dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Alexandru darts in and clinches Parrish up against the cage.
Alexandru fails to pull guard.
Alexandru fails to pull guard.

Parrish jumps guard.
Alexandru wants to control from the top but Parrish keeps moving.
Parrish has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Parrish looking for a sweep. Not yet Parrish, not yet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parrish wants to stand and escape but Alexandru is having none of it.
Alexandru must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Alexandru trying to control but Parrish is working from the bottom.
Alexandru missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexandru controlling from the top position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Alexandru throws a strike but Parrish rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Parrish stands up from Alexandru's guard - Parrish perhaps looking for a knockout.
Alexandru shoots for a double leg takedown but Parrish sprawls well. He's pushed Alexandru's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Theodore Parrish has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Moldovan Alexandru.

Parrish drives through with a takedown into Alexandru's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

Parrish stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Parrish throws a head kick that half lands.

Alexandru has managed to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alexandru lands a body punch in the clinch.
Parrish changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Alexandru fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Alexandru tries for a takedown but Parrish sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Alexandru is breathing heavily.
Parrish throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Parrish shoots in and drives through. Alexandru sprawls well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice takedown defense from Parrish. No joy for Alexandru on that attempt.
Alexandru gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Parrish counters with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alexandru shoots in looking for a takedown. Parrish tries to sprawl out of it but Alexandru keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Parrish manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Parrish lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alexandru circles away quickly and effectively.

Alexandru closes the distance and clinches.
Parrish tries to pull guard but Alexandru won't allow it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Parrish is pressed up against the cage. Alexandru has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Parrish down to the mat. Parrish avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Alexandru tries to keep at a distance but Parrish has taken the fight into the clinch.
Alexandru wants a takedown but no success here.

Parrish pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Parrish moves into the clinch successfully.

Parrish pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Alexandru closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Parrish escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Parrish misses with a low kick.
Alexandru looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Theodore Parrish dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

No joy there for Alexandru, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Parrish was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Parrish shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Alexandru sprawls well. Alexandru wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Parrish gets slowly back to his feet.
Alexandru shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Parrish defends it nicely.
Parrish thinks about countering with a body kick.
Parrish really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parrish wants to clinch up but Alexandru keeps it at a distance.

Alexandru darts in and clinches Parrish up against the cage.
Alexandru tries to pull guard but Parrish won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Alexandru.
Alexandru stops a takedown attempt from Parrish.
Moldovan Alexandru seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Parrish breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Alexandru fails with a takedown attempt.
Theodore Parrish has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Moldovan Alexandru.

Alexandru drives through and clinches with Parrish against the cage.
Parrish is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alexandru can do to turn this around?
Alexandru has had enough of the clinch but Parrish keeps him there for the moment.
Parrish tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alexandru fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Alexandru tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Parrish smiles and moves away.
Alexandru takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Alexandru shoots in for a takedown but Parrish shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Alexandru misses the shot to the body.
Parrish tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Alexandru manages to circle out of the way.
Parrish will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Parrish shoots in looking for a takedown but Alexandru manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Parrish's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Alexandru dives in and grabs Parrish's left leg, looking for a takedown. Parrish pushes down on Alexandru's head and hops out.

Parrish drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Alexandru manages to escape and get back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Parrish moves out of range of the leg kick from Alexandru.
A quick step to the side and Parrish tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Theodore Parrish is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Parrish.
Parrish misses the shot to the body.

Alexandru takes the fight into the clinch.

Parrish escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alexandru shoots in for a takedown but Parrish shows good takedown defense.
Alexandru dives in for a single leg takedown but Parrish sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Parrish manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Alexandru on his heels. He'll look to pass Alexandru's guard now, I'm sure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parrish postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Parrish with a flurry of punches that miss.
Parrish loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Parrish loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Alexandru preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Parrish prevents Alexandru from getting back to his feet.
Parrish postures up and lands a big shot to Alexandru's brow.

Parrish gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Parrish fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Alexandru just misses with a punch to the body.
It looked like Parrish was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Alexandru walks forward, straight into a front kick from Parrish.
Moldovan Alexandru has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Theodore Parrish is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Alexandru looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Theodore Parrish.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Parrish, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Theodore Parrish!